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Keith Bear the Mandan/Hidatsa flutist, artist, and storyteller from New Town, North Dakota, talks about the healing power of music.

Rural Mandan, North Dakota, singer, song writer, and poet Chuck Suchy talks about the songs Keeping it Free and River Liberty from the 1990 project “We the People” that address citizenship responsibilities.

Frank O’Brien was born in 1892 in Fargo. At 18, he began working at the Fargo Mercantile Company, a wholesale grocer. Like many young men of his time, Frank was drafted after the United States declared war on Germany in 1917. He was among the first draftees from Fargo and was inducted in September 1917. After arriving at Camp Dodge, Iowa, Frank wrote a letter to his former colleagues at the Fargo Mercantile Company, describing his training as a member of an infantry supply company.

Dr. Mark R. Hagerott is Chancellor for the North Dakota University System and discusses the Sept. 26 conference in Valley City, "Being Human and Working in the Age of AI."

On this date in 1971, the University of North Dakota's student newspaper, the Dakota Student, announced an upcoming visit by Congressman Arthur Link to UND. He represented North Dakota's western district at a time when North Dakota had two congressional districts.

Adora Land discusses the Bush Foundation's grantmaking in North Dakota; Tom Isern shares a deathbed confession tale; a feature on the Okmulgee Black rodeo; Rick Gion reviews Mexican food.

In 1912, political fervor and interest swept the country over the presidential election. President Taft sought the Republican nomination, challenged by former President Theodore Roosevelt, who unexpectedly entered the race. Senator Robert LaFollette was yet another contender for the nomination.

Farm kids have always had fears peculiar to growing up in the country and were taught to keep safe on the farmstead; to be alert to the dangers. The fears were real – fear of machinery accidents; fear of lightning storms and bad weather; fear of stepping on a rusty nail; fear of the barn burning down; fears of rabid-skunks; fear of a bull; and fears of a close relative dying.

Competition for the Great Plains was intense, as the United States, France, Spain, and Great Britain all sought its resources. Much of the early contact between the Native people and the early explorers was peaceful. The Natives brought furs to the trading posts and exchanged them for guns, tools, and food. The traders then sold the valuable furs to the European markets. The fur trade between the indigenous inhabitants and the newcomers proved to be lucrative.

Don Kinzler from NDSU shares fall garden tips. We revisit his stunning gardens. Matt Olien reviews "Blink Twice," and Dave Thompson recaps the week's news.